VTAMPS V.15.

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PRIMARY 2 SET 4

Part 1: 1st to 10th Multiple Choice Questions

1. Counting numbers from 6 to 14 are arranged in the cells below. If the sum of the five
numbers in a line is 50, what could be the value of C?

A) 6
B) 7
C) 10
D) 14
2. Counting numbers starting from 4 are arranged equally, spaced around a circle in a
clockwise manner. If number 6 is directly opposite to number 10, how many counting
numbers are there?
A) 7
B) 8
C) 9
D) 10
3. Which of the following statements give the largest value?
A) 1/4 + 1/4+ 1/4 + 1/3 + 1/3 + 33/3
B) One half of 40 is subtracted by 5
C) Three-quarters of 12 is added to 8
D) Twice the sum of 8 and 9

4. Jessa needs 4 apples to produce 3 glasses of juice. At least how many apples are needed
for Jessa to produce 18 glasses of juice?
A) 24
B) 25
C) 26
D) 27

5. Class 3 goes on a field trip. Their first activity is elephant riding. Suppose each person
present has his/her respective elephant. If there are a total of 156 legs, how many people are
there?
 A) 24
B) 26
C) 28
D) 30

6. Robert decided to mow his lawn. He mowed the green area for 10 minutes. At least how
much time will it take Robert to mow the rest of the lawn?

A) 20
B) 30
C) 40
D) 50

7. The number of hours left for today is one-third of the number of hours already passed.
What time is it now?
A) 2:00 PM
B) 4:00 PM
C) 6:00 PM
D) 8:00 PM

8. Refer to the ratios below. Which of the following statements is correct?

5 7 9 6
: 𝑎𝑛𝑑 :
3 5 5 5

! # $ %
A) : <
" !
:
! !
B) They are equal
! # $ %
C) : >
" !
:
! !
D) The givens are not sufficient for a solution.
9. Belle arranged eight 7s and some basic operation symbols (+, −, 𝑥,÷) to make a number
sentence equal to 50. At most how many times did she use the addition sign (+)?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
10. There are 88 candies in a bowl. One pupil after another take half of the candies until there
are 11 candies left. At least how many pupils are there?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5

Part 2. 11th to 25th Open-ended Questions

11. Write a number sentence using the digits 1, 5, 6, 7, 8 and operation symbols + and =.
Note that all digits are used only once.
12. There were some students in the school bus. After the first stop, 6 students got off and
another 7 students got in the bus. After the second stop, 9 students got out and 4 students
got in the bus. Now, there are 25 people inside the bus. At least how many students were
there in the bus originally?
13. Every 24 hours, watch A losses 3.4 seconds while watch B gains 2.6 seconds. In how many
days will the watches show a difference of 4 minutes?
14. What is the smallest number of times will you see the number 3 as a factor of a 3-digit
number to get a product whose tens digit is five times the units digit?
15. How many possible counting numbers can replace N such that the value of the expression
below is a whole number?
130 ÷ 𝑁
16. Chinese zodiac is represented by twelve animals, namely: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon,
Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig, is represented by a zodiac animal. If 2023 is
the year of the Rabbit, which animal will mark the year 2223?

17. Equally spaced dots are arranged as follows. At least how many squares can you make by
connecting 4 dots as vertices?
18. The Blue car takes 36 minutes to go from City A to City B at a constant speed. How long
in minutes will it take for the Blue car to go from City B to City C at the same speed?

19. Each of the 24 kids are asked to choose one among the four fruits. The bar graph below
illustrates the results. The tic marks on the vertical axis are equally spaced. How many kids
chose mango?

20. Form a path by moving to an adjacent letter to the right, left, up or down. How many
paths spell the word SMART?
S M A R T
M A R T
A R T
R T
T

21. Lisa and Charles are painting a wall. It took them 10 minutes to finish painting. Charles
painted the wall twice as much as Lisa. If Lisa painted the wall by herself with the same speed,
how many minutes would it have taken her to finish painting the wall?
22. Five points are marked on a grid composed of 72 unit-squares. Form a triangle using
three points. What could be the smallest possible area of the triangle?
23. Cielo bought three dozens of donuts for $54. He sold each for $2. How much in dollars
did he gain after selling all the donuts?
24. Adam starts skip counting by 7 from 150 in decreasing order. What would be the last
counting number he would say?
25. Using the digits 5, 6, and 7 twice only, write down the smallest possible number such that
there is one digit between the 5’s, there are two digits between the 6’s and there are three
digits between the 7’s.
 VTAMPS V.15.0
PRIMARY 2 SET 4
SOLUTIONS MANUAL

Part 1: 1st to 10th Multiple Choice Questions

1. Counting numbers from 6 to 14 are arranged in the cells below. If the sum of the five
numbers in a line is 50, what could be the value of C?

A) 6
B) 7
C) 10
D) 14
Answer: C
Solution:
8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 = 50

2. Counting numbers starting from 4 are arranged equally, spaced around a circle in a
clockwise manner. If number 6 is directly opposite to number 10, how many counting
numbers are there?
A) 7
B) 8
C) 9
D) 10
Answer: B
Solution:

4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11: 8 counting numbers

3. Which of the following statements give the largest value?
A) 1/4 + 1/4+ 1/4 + 1/3 + 1/3 + 33/3
B) One half of 40 is subtracted by 5
C) Three-quarters of 12 is added to 8
D) Twice the sum of 8 and 9
Answer: D
Solution:
A) 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/3 + 1/3 + 33/3 = 12.41
B) One half of 40 is subtracted by 5 = 20-5 = 15
C) Three-quarters of 12 is added to 8 = 9+8 = 17
D) Twice the sum of 8 and 9 = 2 × (8+9) = 2 × 17 = 34

4. Jessa needs 4 apples to produce 3 glasses of juice. At least how many apples are needed
for Jessa to produce 18 glasses of juice?
A) 24
B) 25
C) 26
D) 27
Answer: A
Solution:
4 apples = 3 glasses of juice
8 apples = 6 glasses of juice
12 apples = 9 glasses of juice
16 apples = 12 glasses of juice
20 apples = 15 glasses of juice
24 apples = 18 glasses of juice

Alternative Solution:
Since we need 18 glasses of juice, we divide it by 3 glasses of juice and we will get,
18 ÷ 3 = 6
We multiply 6 by 4 apples,
6 × 4 = 24 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠

5. Class 3 goes on a field trip. Their first activity is elephant riding. Suppose each person
present has his/her respective elephant. If there are a total of 156 legs, how many people are
there?
A) 24
B) 26
C) 28
D) 30
Answer: B
Solution:
Since each person present has his/her respective elephant, we can divide 156 legs by 6
because a person has 2 legs and an elephant has 4 legs
156 ÷ 6 = 26 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒

6. Robert decided to mow his lawn. He mowed the green area for 10 minutes. At least how
much time will it take Robert to mow the rest of the lawn?
 A) 20
B) 30
C) 40
D) 50
Answer: C
Solution:
The total area is 75 square meters,
75 − 15 = 60 𝑠𝑞. 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡
Then,
60 𝑠𝑞. 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 ÷ 15 𝑠𝑞. 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 = 4
Since the green area is 15 sq. meters where it would take 10 minutes for Robert to mow it,
4 × 10 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 = 40 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠

7. The number of hours left for today is one-third of the number of hours already passed.
What time is it now?
A) 2:00 PM
B) 4:00 PM
C) 6:00 PM
D) 8:00 PM
Answer: C
Solution:
Let A be the number of hours already passed. Then, the number of hours already passed plus
the number of hours left is equal to 24 since we have 24 hours for a day.
1
𝐴 + × 𝐴 = 24
3
4
× 𝐴 = 24
3
4𝐴 = 24 × 3
𝐴 = 18
Thus, the number of hours left is,
1 1
× 𝐴 = × 18 = 6
3 3
Therefore, 24:00 – 6 hours = 6:00 PM
8. Refer to the ratios below. Which of the following statements is correct?
5 7 9 6
: 𝑎𝑛𝑑 :
3 5 5 5

5 7 9 6
A) : < :
3 5 5 5
B) They are equal
! # $ %
C) : >
" !
:
! !
D) The givens are not sufficient for a solution.
Answer: A
Solution:
5 7 5 7 5 5 25 4
: = ÷ = × = =1
3 5 3 5 3 7 21 21
9 6 9 6 9 5 9 1
: = ÷ = × = =1
5 5 5 5 5 6 6 2
Then,
5 7 9 6
: < :
3 5 5 5

9. Belle arranged eight 7s and some basic operation symbols (+, −, 𝑥,÷) to make a number
sentence equal to 50. At most how many times did she use the addition sign (+)?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
Answer: C
Solution:
7×7−7+7+7−7+7÷7
= 49 − 7 + 7 + 7 − 7 + 1
= 42 + 7 + 1 = 50

10. There are 88 candies in a bowl. One pupil after another take half of the candies until there
are 11 candies left. At least how many pupils are there?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
Answer: B
Solution:
Dividing 88 until 11 candies are left,
88 ÷ 2 = 44
44 ÷ 2 = 22
22 ÷ 2 = 11
Counting how many times we divide, this would mean that there are at least 3 pupils.

Part 2. 11th to 25th Open-ended Questions

11. Write a number sentence using the digits 1, 5, 6, 7, 8 and operation symbols + and =.
Note that all digits are used only once.
Answer: 5+6+7=18
Solution:
5+6+7=18
5+7+6=18
6+7+5=18
6+5+7=18
7+5+6=18
7+6+5=18

12. There were some students in the school bus. After the first stop, 6 students got off and
another 7 students got in the bus. After the second stop, 9 students got out and 4 students
got in the bus. Now, there are 25 people inside the bus. At least how many students were
there in the bus originally?
Answer: 28
Solution:
At the second stop,
25 + 9 − 4 = 30
At the first stop,
30 + 6 − 7 = 29
29 − 1(𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟) = 28

13. Every 24 hours, watch A losses 3.4 seconds while watch B gains 2.6 seconds. In how many
days will the watches show a difference of 4 minutes?
Answer: 40
Solution:
3.4 + 2.6 = 6 seconds per day
4 minutes = 240 seconds
240 ÷ 6 = 40 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠

14. What is the smallest number of times will you see the number 3 as a factor of a 3-digit
number to get a product whose tens digit is five times the units digit?
Answer: 3
Solution:
For the tens digit to be five times than the unit digit, the tens digit must be 5 and the units
digit must be 1.
For a number to be divisible by 3, the sum of their digits must be divisible by 3.
351, 651, 951
15. How many possible counting numbers can replace N such that the value of the expression
below is a whole number?
130 ÷ 𝑁
Answer: 8
Solution:
130 ÷ 1 = 130
130 ÷ 2 = 65
130 ÷ 5 = 26
130 ÷ 10 = 13
130 ÷ 130 = 1
130 ÷ 65 = 2
130 ÷ 26 = 5
130 ÷ 13 = 10

16. Chinese zodiac is represented by twelve animals, namely: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon,
Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig, is represented by a zodiac animal. If 2023 is
the year of the Rabbit, which animal will mark the year 2223?

Answer: Pig
Solution:
Subtract 2023 from 2223, and we will get 200.
Since Chinese Zodiac is represented by 12 animals,
200 ÷ 12 = 16 𝑟. 8
Remainder 8 denotes the 8th animal starting from Rabbit of year 2023. So, 2223 is the year
of the Pig.

17. Equally spaced dots are arranged as follows. At least how many squares can you make by
connecting 4 dots as vertices?
Answer: 15
Solution:

18. The Blue car takes 36 minutes to go from City A to City B at a constant speed. How long
in minutes will it take for the Blue car to go from City B to City C at the same speed?

Answer: 26
Solution:
Let T be the time it would take the Blue car to go from City B to City C.
Since same speed,
72km 52km
=
36 minutes T
Cross multiply,
T × 72km = 36 minutes × 52km
 1872 minutes. km
T=
72km
T = 26 minutes

19. Each of the 24 kids are asked to choose one among the four fruits. The bar graph below
illustrates the results. The tic marks on the vertical axis are equally spaced. How many kids
chose mango?

Answer: 9
Solution:

For mango, 9 kids

For banana, 4 kids
For apple, 5 kids
For orange, 6 kids

20. Form a path by moving to an adjacent letter to the right, left, up or down. How many
paths spell the word SMART?
S M A R T
M A R T
A R T
R T
T

Answer: 16
Solution:
Labeling the number of ways,
 𝑆& 𝑀' 𝐴' 𝑅' 𝑇'
𝑀' 𝐴( 𝑅" 𝑇)
𝐴' 𝑅" 𝑇%
𝑅' 𝑇)
𝑇'
Then, adding the end numbers,
1 + 4 + 6 + 4 + 1 = 16

21. Lisa and Charles are painting a wall. It took them 10 minutes to finish painting. Charles
painted the wall twice as much as Lisa. If Lisa painted the wall by herself with the same speed,
how many minutes would it have taken her to finish painting the wall?
Answer: 30
Since both of them can finish painting the wall in 10 minutes and Lisa contributed for a thirds
of the wall being painted, it means that Lisa can finish painting the wall in,

10 × 3 = 30 minutes

22. Five points are marked on a grid composed of 72 unit-squares. Form a triangle using
three points. What could be the smallest possible area of the triangle?

Answer: 2
Solution:

The area of this triangle is half of 4 unit-squares, which is 2 unit-squares.

23. Cielo bought three dozens of donuts for $54. He sold each for $2. How much in dollars
did he gain after selling all the donuts?
Answer: 18
Solution:
For 3 dozens, you have 36 donuts
$2 × 36 = $72
$72 − $54 = $18

24. Adam starts skip counting by 7 from 150 in decreasing order. What would be the last
counting number he would say?
Answer: 3
Solution:
Find how many 7’s is/are in 150,
150 ÷ 7 = 21 𝑟. 3
We have 21 7’s in 150. Multiply it by 7,
21 × 7 = 147
Subtract 147 from 150,
150 − 147 = 3

25. Using the digits 5, 6, and 7 twice only, write down the smallest possible number such that
there is one digit between the 5’s, there are two digits between the 6’s and there are three
digits between the 7’s.
Answer: 675657
Solution:
Since we can only use 5, 6 and 7 twice only, this would mean that this is a 6-digit number.
Our possible answers are 675657 or 756576, where they have one digit between the 5’s, two
digits between the 6’s and three digits between the 7’s. 675657 is the smallest number.